Tag-fastening means



Sept 30 1924, LMQSSU -r-:. .J. BRACKEN TAG FASTENING MEANS Filed Aug. 28. 1923 atroz vwu Patented Sept. 3Q, 1924.

EARL J'. BRACKEN, OF BUTTE, MONTANA.

TAG-FASTENING MEANS.

T 0 all 'whom it' 'mayV concer/n.:

Be it known that I, EARL J. BRAC/KEN, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Butte, ,inV the county of Silverbow, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Tag-Fastening Means; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tag fastening,

means and more particularly to devices of this kind arranged for fastening shipping tags and the like directly to the burlap or cloth coverings of sacks or bales.

The primar)7 object of this invention is to provide a thoroughly practical and etlicient fastening means, so that all danger of the becoming disengaged from the fastening means or the said fastening means becoming disengaged from the bale or sack is obviated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tag fastener wherein the tag, at all times, will be held out Vof contact with the fastening means, with the result that the device canrbe more readily attached to a bale or the like and so that the tag will always hang in a free position.

Still another object is to provide such a device which is extremely simple in construction so that it may be manufactured in large quantities at a relatively small cost.

Other objects and advantages will become more apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 are views, in elevation, of four different forms of the present invention.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that each form of the invention is preferably formed from a single length of wire and that in each of the forms shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the wire is formed to provide a tag retaining loop 10 and a fastening loop 11, the wire being further bent to form the converging arms 12 and 13, which are diagonally crossed as at 14. At the crossing point 14, the said arms12 and 13 bear against each other so that once a shipping tag is inserted within the loop 10, there is no danger of it becoming disengaged therefrom.

y By referring more particularly to the form of the invention shown in Figure 1, 11 rnc arm 13 extends only slightly beyond the crossing 'point 14 and is then defiected upwardly and outwardly, to form the tongue 15, the extremity ot which bears against the downwardly projecting arm 16 of the fastening` loop 11. Approximately intermediate the crossing point 14 and the end of the tongue the arm 16 is curve-d slightly outwardly to forni a hook 17, which is adapted for insertion within a bale or sack, and the extremity or" the hook is therefore preferably pointed to facilitate this operation.

in the form shown in Figure 2, the arm 13 extends diagonally a greater distance bcyond the crossing point 14 than in the first form and is then bent upwardly and inwardly to form the tongue 18. The downwardly projecting arm 19 of the fastening loop 11 extends substantially parallel to the tongue 18 and bears thereagainst, the lower end portion of the arm 19 being bent to form the substantially vertical downwardly projecting hook 20, for insertion in a bale or the like, the said hook being terminally pointed.

In the form shown in Figure 3, the arm 13 also extends somewhat beyond the crossing point 14, before it is bent to form the upwardly and outwardly extending tongue 21, the extremity of which bears against the downwardly projecting arm 22, which arm is substantially vertical and projects be* low the tongue 21.

The form shown in Figure 4 is somewhat different from the three forms previously described. rlhis form includes an arm 23, having its lower end portion bent outwardly and then upwardly and inwardly to form the tag retaining loop 24. This end portion crosses the arm as at 25 and after extending slightly therebeyond, it is bent upwardly to forni a tongue 26, which bears against the downwardly projecting arm 27 which is a continuation of the upper end portion of the arm 23. rlhis arm 27 extends downwardly beyond the tongue 26 and is terminally pointed to facilitate its insertion within a bale or the like.

In the application of the fastening means, and after a tag has been inserted within the retaining loop 10 by forcing it down over the tongue and beyond the crossing point 14, the hook is inserted within the covering of a bale or the like and after it has been moved n' sulioient dista-nce, it is pushed out of the bale, with the result that a portion of the Covering` is gripped in at manner some= what similar to that of a safety pin. The device is then twisted until that portionof the gripped covering passes beyond the tongue into the fastening' loop'll.

Frein the above description, it Will be seen that there have been provided toni" different Ways in Which the purposes of this invention niiglit be Carried into` operation, ell of' which forms nre' thoroughly 'capable of performing ell of' the functions and aecomplishing all oit the objects Claimed.

lhnt is Claimed is:

l. A tug tustener including a..l fastening' loop and a teg retaining loop, with a; barrier between seid ioops, en upwardly extending tongue e" lried by the teg retaining loop, nd nl downwardly projecting arm carried by the said fastening loop and eontaetingwitli seid tongue, the said arm projectingbelow the salid tongue to forni u hook.

j 2. A; tag fastener including a fastening loop and n tag retaining loop, n tongue cnrried by the tag retaining loop, an arm Carried by the festening loop and contacting With the tongue, the said nrrn projecting beyond the tongue to form a hook.

3. A tag fastener' including a fastening loop and a tag retaining loop, 2in-arm ear-V ried-'by the fastening loop, a tongue carried by the tag retain-ingloop, the terminal of said tongue being positioned Within the fastening lo'opa-nd contacting With the arm, and a hook carried by the erin.

L A t-ig tast-ener including aV taste-ning loop and a tag retaining loop, Withabarrier between said loops, adownwurdly projeoting arm carried by the' fasteningv loop, and an upwardly extending tongue carried by the' tug retaining l'oop, the said'tongue being positioned Within the fasteningv loop and Coni tiotinfg with said errn, which erin projects beyond the said tongue t'oA forno a hook.'

5. tag stene'r including u fisteningV loop and zt teg retaining'k loop, n' i'i' oai"fried by the fastening loop, tongue'- Carried by the tag retaining loop', seid tongue bei-ng' positioned in the sii-ine plane' as the'l erin sind eontcting therewith, tlie Ysaid erm'- e'te'nding past' the terminal oit' the tongue to forni' zi hook.

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